blast
To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or dinTo make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
» The blast destroyed everything.
Взрыв уничтожил всё.
Вибух знищив усе.
Meaning
17 senses(transitive)To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
(intransitive)To make a loud noise.
греме́тьgremétʹ, грохота́тьgroxotátʹ
make with or as if with an explosion
(informal, transitive)To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
(transitive)To shatter, as if by an explosion.
взрыва́тьvzryvátʹ, взорва́тьvzorvátʹ
shatter as if by explosion
(transitive)To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
Blast right through it.
(transitive)To curse; to damn.
Blast it! Foiled again.
проклина́тьproklinátʹ, прокля́стьprokljástʹ
(transitive)To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
(ambitransitive, slang)To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
They showed up blasting.
That's when we decided to blast him.
(transitive)To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ
(transitive)To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
(transitive)To blight or wither.
A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
Examples
111 sentencesThe blast destroyed everything.
Вибух знищив усе.
ruВзрыв уничтожил всё.
Tom was injured in the blast.
ruТом пострадал при взрыве.
Tom got injured in the blast.
It's going to be a blast.
Tom wasn't injured in the blast.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 4
Origin
Inherited from Middle English blasten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from PInherited from Middle English blasten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).
From BLAST (“Basic Local Alignment Search Tool”, acronym).
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Forms
blasts, blasting, blasted, blastedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
78 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle